Climatic Regions of World

Climate measures the average pattern of variation in different meteorological elements over long periods of time. The elements include temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, precipitation, atmospheric particle count, and other variables. Independent study...

Trewartha Climatic Classification

Trewartha climate classification was published in 1966 by Glenn Thomas Trewartha. It is a modified version of the Koeppen system. Trewartha’s classification combines empirical and genetic classification schemes. Trewartha’s classification is simpler and...

Thornthwaite Climatic Classification

Thornthwaite Climatic Classification was introduced by C. W. Thornthwaite, an American climatologist in 1931. The classification was initially developed for North American climates and later extended to world climates in 1933. The revised second scheme of...

Koppen Climate Classification System

koppen climate Koppen Climate Classification System is widely used for classifying climate Wladimir Köppen, a Russian-German climatologist, created this system by studying the relationship between vegetation and climate He aimed to create a chart that showed the...

Temperate Cyclone

Temperate Cyclone Temperate cyclones are storm systems. They emerge in the mid and high latitudes, away from the tropics. They are low-pressure systems. They have associated cold fronts, warm fronts, and occluded fronts. They are also known as Extra-Tropical Cyclones,...